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Jack Kemp

1935 - 2009

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Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran. A member of the Republican Party from New York, he served as the 9th United States secretary of housing and urban development in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1996 election, as the running mate of Bob Dole; they lost to incumbent president Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. Kemp had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Kemp is the 6,137th most popular politician (down from 3,394th in 2019), the 2,225th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,068th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jack Kemp ranks 6,137 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeremy Corbyn, Henri, Count of Paris, Puabi, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria, and Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Piero Soderini, Tudhaliya III, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Ishbi-Erra, and Albert II, Margrave of Meissen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack Kemp ranks 85. Before him are António Ramalho Eanes, Toni Sailer, Sonny Bono, Roger B. Chaffee, Maj Sjöwall, and Ken Kesey. After him are Floyd Patterson, Samak Sundaravej, Dinkha IV, Forough Farrokhzad, John Phillips, and Charles Duke. Among people deceased in 2009, Jack Kemp ranks 66. Before him are Ertuğrul Osman, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Susan Atkins, Israel Gelfand, Mario Benedetti, and Ingemar Johansson. After him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Samak Sundaravej, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, G. A. Cohen, and Feroz Khan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Kemp ranks 2,225 out of 20,380. Before him are Erich Segal (1937), Serena Williams (1981), Jennifer Garner (1972), John List (1925), Betty Friedan (1921), and Robert F. Engle (1942). After him are Josephine Chaplin (1949), Floyd Patterson (1935), Carole King (1942), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Fran Drescher (1957), and Randolph Scott (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jack Kemp ranks 185. Before him are Spotted Elk (1826), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), William Walker (1824), and Kit Bond (1939). After him are Harvey Milk (1930), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Chief Seattle (1786), Samuel Huntington (1731), John Ratcliffe (1965), and Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749).

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